Cornwall is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,434 at the 2000 census.
In 1939 poet Mark Van Doren wrote "The Hills of Little Cornwall", a short poem in which the beauties of the countryside were portrayed as seductive:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 46.3 square miles (119.8 km²), of which, 46.0 square miles (119.2 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 k...
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Cornwall is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,434 at the 2000 census.
In 1939 poet Mark Van Doren wrote "The Hills of Little Cornwall", a short poem in which the beauties of the countryside were portrayed as seductive:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 46.3 square miles (119.8 km²), of which, 46.0 square miles (119.2 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (0.54%) is water. The town is located on the east bank of the Housatonic River and also contains a major portion of the Mohawk State Forest.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,434 people, 615 households, and 389 families residing in the town. The population density was 31.2 people per square mile (12.0/km²). There were 873 housing units at an average density of 19.0/sq mi (7.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.49% White, 0.21% African American, 0.70% Asian, 0.21% from other races, and 1.39% from two or more races....
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